JP2022021569A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine that allows a player to concentrate on a performance even in a winning game to cause a game ball to enter a privilege region.SOLUTION: A game machine 1 in which a normal game state and a special game state more advantageous than the normal game state are set as game states in which a game is played with an aim to win a winning/losing lottery includes: game state setting means for bringing a game state after ending of a winning game into the normal game state when a game ball does not enter a privilege region, and bringing the game state after ending of the winning game into the special game state when a game ball enters the privilege region in the winning game executed when the winning/losing lottery is won; and performance execution means for starting a stipulated performance at a time point when a predetermined fixed time has elapsed from a time point when entry of a game ball into the privilege region is detected in the winning game.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

By entering a gaming ball into a predetermined area opened during a jackpot game (V winning), the gaming state after the jackpot game is completed is advantageous to the player ("V probability change machine", etc.). Is known).

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It may be a concern that the game ball enters the predetermined area, and the player may not be able to concentrate on the production during the jackpot game.

An object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that allows a player to concentrate on directing even in a hit game in which a gaming ball should enter a privilege area.

The gaming machine according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, is set to a normal gaming state and a special gaming state which is more advantageous than the normal gaming state as a gaming state for playing with the aim of winning the winning or losing lottery. If the game ball does not enter the privilege area in the winning game that is executed when the winning / failing lottery result is a winning game, the game state after the winning game is completed is the normal game. When the game ball enters the privilege area, the game state setting means for setting the game state after the end of the hit game to the special game state, and the game ball enters the privilege area in the hit game. It is characterized by comprising an effect executing means for starting a predetermined effect when a predetermined fixed time has elapsed from the time when the detection is detected.

According to the present invention, the player can concentrate on the production even in the hit game in which the game ball should enter the privilege area.

It is an whole view of the gaming machine which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which showed the decorative symbol and the reserved symbol displayed in the display area. It is a figure for demonstrating the control (flow of a jackpot game) of a regulation effect. It is a time chart for explaining the control of the regulation production (flow of big hit game). It is a time chart for explaining the third concrete example about the control of a regulation effect. It is a figure for demonstrating a design effect. It is a figure for demonstrating the first concrete example about a design production. It is a figure for demonstrating the 2nd specific example about a design production. It is a figure for demonstrating the 3rd specific example about a design production. It is a figure for demonstrating the 4th specific example about a design production. It is a figure for demonstrating the 5th specific example about a design production.

1) Basic Configuration of Gaming Machine Hereinafter, an embodiment of the pachinko gaming machine 1 (hereinafter, simply referred to as a gaming machine) according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

The gaming machine 1 includes a gaming board 90. The game board 90 is formed of a substantially square plywood, and the guide rail 903 constituting the passage for guiding the game ball launched by the operation of the launch device 908 (launch handle) to the game area 902 has a substantially arc shape. It is provided as follows. The game area 902 is provided with a starting area 904, a large winning area 906, an out port 907, and the like.

The display area 911 of the display device 91 is visually recognized through the opening 901 formed in the game board 90. In some figures, the shape of the display area 911 exposed without being covered by the game board 90 is simplified (described in the square shape), but the size and shape of the portion can be changed as appropriate. be.

Further, in the game area 902, a plurality of game nails are provided as obstacles that change the flow mode of the game ball by colliding with the game ball flowing down. The game ball flowing down the game area 902 changes in various modes depending on the conditions when it collides with the game nail.

In such a gaming machine 1, the gaming ball is launched toward the gaming area 902 by operating the launching device 908. When a game ball flowing down the game area 902 wins a prize area such as a start area 904 or a large prize area 906, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out by a payout device.

The jackpot lottery is executed by the winning / failing lottery means provided on the control board (not shown) triggered by the winning of the game ball in the starting area 904. Specifically, a numerical value (hereinafter, also referred to as a winning / failing lottery information) is acquired from a random number source triggered by a winning of a game ball in the starting area 904, and the numerical value is the same as a predetermined jackpot numerical value. In some cases it is a big hit, and in different cases it is a miss. In the present embodiment, as in the case of a known gaming machine, in the case of a big hit, the decorative symbols 80 (see FIG. 2) displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91 are a predetermined combination (for example, three of the same symbols). It will be notified by the fact that it becomes the same), and if other combinations are displayed, it will be out of order.

In the present embodiment, three decorative symbol groups 80 g, each including a plurality of types of decorative symbols 80, are set. Specifically, the left decorative symbol group 80 gL displayed on the left side of the display area 911, the right decorative symbol group 80 gR displayed on the right side, and the medium decoration displayed between the left decorative symbol group 80 gL and the right decorative symbol group 80 gR. There are three symbol groups of 80 gC. The winning / failing lottery result is notified by the combination of the three decorative symbols 80 selected and displayed from each decorative symbol group 80g. The effect from the start of the change of the three decorative symbol groups 80 g to the time when the change is stopped and the combination indicating the winning / failing lottery result is displayed is the notification effect (the effect for one variation).

In the present embodiment, the notification effect of the winning / failing lottery result corresponding to the order in which the numerical values for the winning / failing lottery are acquired is started (the variation of the decorative symbol 80 (decorative symbol group 80 g) is started). However, when a certain numerical value is acquired, when the notification effect of the winning / failing lottery result based on the numerical value acquired before that is executed, the notification effect of the winning / failing lottery result based on the certain numerical value is started. Until it is stored, it is stored in a storage means provided on a control board (not shown). Numerical values for which the notification effect of the corresponding winning / failing lottery result has not been started (the one corresponding to each of the numerical values is "hold (information)". Hold (information) can be said to be a subordinate concept of the winning / failing lottery information. ) Can be set as appropriate for the maximum number of stored items (maximum number of holds). The maximum number of holdings that can be stored by the storage means in the present embodiment is four per one kind of starting area 904. In the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the acquired numerical value is a big hit at the time when the notification of the winning / failing lottery result is started, but when the numerical value is acquired, the winning / failing lottery is performed. It may be configured to perform and store the winning / failing lottery result itself. In addition, the acquired numerical value is also used as a numerical value for determining the specific content of the effect of notifying the winning / failing lottery result.

In the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the reserved symbol 70, which is a mark indicating the existence of the winning / failing lottery information stored in the storage means, is displayed in the display area 911 of the display device 91. In the present embodiment, as the reserved symbol 70, the change of the decorative symbol 80 for notifying the corresponding winning / failing lottery result, that is, the change indicating the existence of the winning / failing lottery information indicating that the notification effect has been started but the notification effect has not ended. The pending symbol 71 and the variation of the decorative symbol 80 for notifying the corresponding winning / failing lottery result, that is, the pre-change pending symbol 72 indicating the existence of the winning / failing lottery information (the above-mentioned reserved information) for which the notification effect has not been started are displayed (FIG. 2; in drawings other than FIG. 2, the reserved symbol 70 is omitted). A dedicated display device for displaying the reserved symbol 70 may be provided. The mode of the reserved symbol 70 may always be the same, or a normal reserved symbol suggesting that the probability that the corresponding winning / failing lottery result will be a big hit (hereinafter, also referred to as (big hit) reliability) has increased. One or more kinds of special symbols different from 70 may be set.

The components of the gaming machine 1 that are not related to the present invention, such as the frame of the gaming machine 1, the lower plate and the upper plate for storing the gaming balls, will be omitted. As for these, those having the same structure as a known gaming machine can be applied.

If the result of the winning / failing lottery is a big hit, the big hit game is executed. The jackpot game repeats a unit game in which the jackpot winning area 906 is opened a plurality of times until a predetermined condition is satisfied. As predetermined conditions, a predetermined number (so-called count number) of game balls have won a prize in the large prize area 906 (hereinafter, may be referred to as a prize condition), and a predetermined opening time has been reached since the large prize area 906 was opened. Has passed (hereinafter, may be referred to as a time condition) is set. Unit games are commonly referred to as "rounds." In the following description, the Nth unit game may be referred to as an N round (game).

The big prize area 906 is provided on the right side of the game area 902 (the area where the game ball launched by so-called right-handed hitting can enter) (see FIG. 1). Therefore, if the player makes a right-handed hit, the game ball will win a prize in the open large winning area 906 relatively easily.

In the present embodiment, a normal game state and a special game state are set as the game state. In the special gaming state, the probability of winning a big hit (probability of winning or losing lottery (lottery)) is higher than that in the normal gaming state. That is, at least in this respect, the special gaming state is an advantageous state as compared with the normal gaming state. The special gaming state may be a high base state (so-called time saving state) in which the game ball is more likely to win in the starting area 904 than in the normal gaming state (the special gaming state in the present embodiment is the high base state). In addition, any playability aiming at so-called "ren-chan" may be used. For example, it may be a probabilistic loop machine in which "ream chan" is generated by winning a jackpot in which the gaming state after the jackpot game ends is a special gaming state, or until a predetermined number of winning / failing lottery is executed. It may be an ST machine in which "ren-chan" is generated by winning a big hit. In addition, a game like a combination of a probabilistic loop machine and an ST machine (until a predetermined number of win / fail lottery is executed, the game state after the end of the big hit game becomes a special game state by winning the big hit. It may be a game in which "ren-chan" occurs).

In the normal gaming state, the player performs a so-called left-handed game so that the gaming ball enters the left side of the gaming area 902. Specifically, a big hit is won by a winning / failing lottery (hereinafter, also referred to as a special drawing 1 lottery) triggered by a game ball winning in the first starting area 904a (so-called starting area of special figure 1). Play with the aim. In the special gaming state, the player plays a so-called right-handed game. Specifically, a big hit is won by a winning / failing lottery (hereinafter, also referred to as a special drawing 2 lottery) triggered by a game ball winning in the second starting area 904b (so-called starting area of special figure 2). Play with the aim. The special gaming state in the present embodiment is a so-called high base state, and is a state in which the open lottery of the second starting area 904b triggered by the entry of the game ball into the normal starting area 905 (so-called through) is won with high probability. Therefore, the second starting area 904b is frequently opened if the player is hitting to the right. That is, the game ball is easily won in the second starting area 904b. In this embodiment, the winning / failing lottery information (holding in FIG. 1) acquired by winning the game ball in the first starting area 904a and the winning / failing lottery information acquired by winning the game ball in the second starting area 904b are obtained. If both the winning / failing lottery information (special figure 2 hold) exists, the special figure 2 lottery is preferentially executed (special figure 2 priority digestion).

The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment is a so-called V probability changing machine. When a jackpot (hereinafter, also referred to as a special jackpot) in which the gaming state after the jackpot game ends is won, the privilege area 10 (V area) is opened during the jackpot game. By letting the game ball enter the privilege area 10 (strictly speaking, the game ball is detected by the sensor provided in the privilege area 10), so-called V winning, the game state after the jackpot game ends is a special game. It becomes a state. If the game ball does not enter the privilege area 10, the game state after the jackpot game ends is the normal game state. However, the time during which the privilege area 10 generated during the jackpot game (special jackpot game) when the special jackpot is won is opened is relatively long (so-called "long opening"), and the privilege area 10 is aimed at. If the game ball is fired (in the present embodiment, so-called right-handed hitting is performed), the game ball enters the privilege area 10 with a probability of almost 100%. In this way, the special jackpot is set as a jackpot in which the gaming state after the jackpot game ends is set as a jackpot in that the game ball enters the privilege area 10 with a probability of almost 100%. Is.

On the other hand, when a jackpot (hereinafter, also referred to as a normal jackpot) in which the gaming state after the jackpot game ends is won, the time during which the privilege area 10 is opened during the jackpot game is extremely short (so-called "" It is said to be "short open"), and it is set so that it is extremely difficult for the game ball to enter the privilege area 10. Specifically, it is unlikely that the game ball will enter the privilege area 10 unless an extremely irregular event occurs or cheating or the like is performed. In this way, in the point that it is substantially impossible for the game ball to enter the privilege area 10 if the game is performed as usual, the normal jackpot is the normal game state after the jackpot game is completed. It means that it is set as a big hit.

As described above, regardless of whether the special jackpot or the normal jackpot is won, the privilege area 10 is opened during the jackpot game (as described above, depending on whether the special jackpot or the normal jackpot is achieved. The opening time of the privilege area 10 is different). The opening of the privilege area 10 is also set as a unit game for one round. For example, in the case of a 10-round jackpot, 9 rounds are unit games in which the big winning area 906 is opened (hereinafter, may be referred to as normal unit games), and 1 round is a unit in which the privilege area 10 is opened. It is a game (hereinafter, also referred to as a privilege unit game).

The privilege area 10 may be configured to be provided inside the large prize area 906. In each unit game, the large prize area 906 is opened, and in the specific unit game, the privilege area 10 inside the large prize area 906 is opened for a long time (in the normal unit game, it is short open).

2) Control of the specified effect In the special jackpot game, the specified effect is executed. In the present embodiment, the specified effect is controlled as follows. As described above, the special jackpot game includes a privilege unit game in which the privilege area 10 is in an easily accessible state. The special jackpot game in the present embodiment is a 10-round jackpot including a total of 10 unit games, a 1-round game is a privilege unit game, and a 2 to 10-round game is a normal unit game (see FIGS. 3 and 4). .. In other words, if the player is playing the game as instructed in the special jackpot game (if he is continuously hitting right), the game ball will enter the privilege area 10 in the one-round game (Fig.). 3 (a)).

In the present embodiment, a timer (not shown) provided inside the gaming machine (not shown) is triggered by the detection by the sensor in the privilege area 10 that the gaming ball has entered the privilege area 10. Start counting for a fixed time. The fixed time is a predetermined fixed time (time in which the length does not change depending on conditions and the like). In this embodiment, "fixed time = 10 seconds" is set (see FIG. 4). It should be noted that the fixed time is not a time indicated to the player by being displayed in the display area 911 or the like. That is, the player has no way of knowing that the fixed time is counted.

The timing at which the game ball enters the privilege area 10 is indefinite (although it is certain that the game is in one round, the timing at which the game ball enters the one-round game has not been determined). Therefore, the time point at which the fixed time count starts (hereinafter, may be referred to as the start time point) is undefined. Further, the time when the fixed time is timed up (the time when 10 seconds have passed after the detection that the game ball has entered the privilege area 10; hereinafter may be referred to as the end time) is also undefined. It can be said that these start time points and end time points can be changed according to the game mode of the player (the launch timing of the game ball and the flow mode of the game ball).

In the present embodiment, the privilege sound is output from the speaker 60 when the entry of the game ball into the privilege area 10 is detected (see FIGS. 3 and 4). As described above, the entry of the game ball into the privilege area 10 is set as a condition for shifting to the special gaming state, which is an advantageous gaming state for the player. Therefore, it is notified (blessing) that the condition is satisfied. Output a bonus sound to do. The length of the privilege sound shall be less than or equal to the length of the fixed time. In the present embodiment, the privilege sound and the length of the fixed time are both set to 10 seconds (“length of privilege sound = length of fixed time”). Therefore, when the end point is reached, the output of the privilege sound is completed.

The specified effect is started when the fixed time is timed up, that is, when the end point is reached (see FIGS. 3 (b) and 4). Since the time when the fixed time is up is indefinite, the time when the prescribed effect is to be started is also indefinite (it does not occur in a predetermined specific round game). The prescribed effect in the present embodiment is a selection effect in which the player selects a favorite option from a plurality of types of options. In this embodiment, a plurality of types of music are presented as options. Specifically, an image including the title of the selected music is displayed in the display area 911 (see FIG. 3B). The player selects a favorite option (musical piece) by operating an operation means (cross key or push button). In the present embodiment, one of the images representing the options is emphasized so that it can be distinguished from the other options (for example, the state where the "cursor C" is aligned with one option is the emphasized state). The player can arbitrarily decide which option should be emphasized by operating the cross key. By operating the push button after emphasizing the favorite option, the option is selected. If the selection is not made within the predetermined time limit, the option that was emphasized when the time limit is timed up is treated as selected. The time limit is constant, and the time required for the selection effect is also constant (“time limit ≦ time required for the selection effect”).

In this way, in the specified effect (selection effect), any one option (musical piece) is emphasized, but the music corresponding to the emphasized option is output from the speaker 60. (See FIG. 3 (b)). If the options to be emphasized change, the output music will change accordingly. This will be a reference for the player to select his / her favorite music. Since it is configured in this way, one of a plurality of types of music presented as an option is output in the prescribed production. The music is continuously output until the end of the last unit game (10 round game in this embodiment) constituting the special jackpot game. If the last unit game is not finished at the end of the song, it is repeatedly output from the beginning.

As described above, the privilege sound is output when the entry of the game ball into the privilege area 10 is detected. However, since the length of the privilege sound is less than or equal to the length of the fixed time, the fixed time No bonus sound is output when the time is up (at the end), that is, when the specified effect (selection effect) is started (see FIG. 4). Therefore, it is possible to prevent the player from being distracted by the privilege sound (that the game ball has entered the privilege area 10) and being unable to concentrate on the specified effect (selection of options).

In particular, if "length of privilege sound = length of fixed time" as in this embodiment, the output of the privilege sound ends and the specified production (selection production) is started as it is, which is special. The flow of production in the jackpot game becomes natural (it is possible to prevent gaps).

Further, in the specified effect (selective effect), the music corresponding to the option highlighted is output (see FIGS. 3 (b) and 4), but the specified effect (selective effect) is started. Since the output of the privilege sound is completed at this time, it is possible to prevent the music corresponding to the emphasized option and the privilege sound from being output in duplicate and making the production difficult to understand. ..

The music selected in the selection effect starts to be output when the predetermined Nth unit game (hereinafter, also referred to as a target unit game) is started (FIG. 3 (c)). , See Figure 4). That is, the player's selection made in the selection effect is reflected with the start of the Nth unit game as an opportunity. In this embodiment, N = 4. That is, a 4-round game is a target unit game. If the order of the unit games to be the privilege unit games is M, it is set so that M <N. In this embodiment, M = 1 and N = 4. In short, any of the normal unit games executed after the privilege unit game is regarded as the target unit game. However, the last unit game (10 round game in this embodiment) is not regarded as a target unit game. This is because the output time of the selected music becomes too short.

If the selected song is to be output immediately after the selection effect is completed (after the player has selected a favorite song), the time when the output of the song is started is the entry of the game ball into the privilege area 10. Since it depends on the timing (because the start timing of the selection effect depends on the entry timing of the game ball into the privilege area 10), the time until the output of the music ends varies. Since the time required for one unit game is approximately determined, the time from the start of the Nth unit game to the end of the last unit game is also approximately determined. In other words, since the time when the selected music will be output can be roughly determined, the music should be output according to it (the length of each music so that the situation where the music ends halfway does not occur). You just have to adjust it). That is, there is an advantage that it becomes easy to control the effect determined by the player's selection.

Hereinafter, specific examples in which the matters related to the control of the above-mentioned regulation effect have been improved, modified, and embodied will be described. In addition, as long as possible, a configuration may be configured in which a plurality of items described using the following specific examples are applied.

〇 First specific example Although it has been explained that the prescribed effect in the above embodiment is a selection effect in which the player selects a favorite option, the effect is not limited to such an effect. For example, it may be set as a prescribed effect that a predetermined effect element (musical piece, video, a combination thereof, etc.) is output regardless of the player's selection. If the output of such an effect element is set as an effect that should be noticed by the player, the effect is started when a fixed time elapses after the game ball enters the privilege area 10. It is preferable to prevent the situation where the player cannot concentrate on the effect (does not notice the occurrence of the effect) because he / she is distracted by the entry into the privilege area 10 (output of the privilege sound).

It is also conceivable that the so-called setting suggestion effect is the prescribed effect. The concept of "setting", which has a different degree of advantage to the player, is well known. For example, the settings are divided into six stages from setting 1 to setting 6, and the larger the number of the setting, the higher the jackpot probability in the normal gaming state (the larger the number of the setting, the more advantageous to the player). ) Can be considered. In the gaming machine 1 equipped with such a "setting", it is assumed that a "setting suggestion effect" that suggests which of the current settings is generated occurs as a prescribed effect. Since the current setting is related to the interests of the player, it is an element that the player pays attention to. Under such conditions, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the player is distracted by the entry of the game ball into the privilege area 10 (output of the privilege sound) and the player does not notice the occurrence of the setting suggestion effect. The setting suggestion effect may be an effect that confirms that the current setting is one of the settings (for example, an effect that confirms that the current setting is "setting 6"), or may be an effect that determines that the current setting is one of the settings. It may be an effect that only increases a certain probability (for example, an effect that occurs only at 10% in "setting 1", but occurs at 30% in "setting 6"). Further, the setting suggestion effect may be generated without fail when the fixed time elapses, or the setting suggestion effect may be generated with a predetermined probability (less than 100%).

〇 Second specific example In the above embodiment, the privilege sound is output when the game ball enters the privilege area 10, and the length of the privilege sound is set to be equal to or less than the length of the fixed time, so that the specified production is started. Although it was explained that the output of the privilege sound has been completed at the time point (the privilege sound is not output during the regulation production), only the sound is output when the game ball enters the privilege area 10. I can't. For example, it is assumed that a predetermined image (privilege image) is displayed in the display area 911 triggered by the entry of the game ball into the privilege area 10, and the length of the privilege image is set to be a fixed time or less (the above privilege). The sound and the bonus video may be output together).

〇 Third specific example In the above embodiment, it has been explained that the fixed time is only one type (10 seconds), but a plurality of types may be set. For example, the configuration is such that the first fixed time = 10 seconds (see FIG. 5 (a)) and the second fixed time = 15 seconds (see FIG. 5 (b)) are set. Note that FIGS. 5A and 5B are assumed to have the same length of each unit game for comparison (actually, the length of each unit game may be the same). do not have).

In the case of this example, it is preferable that a plurality of types of privilege sounds are set according to the length of the fixed time. According to the above example, when the first fixed time is set, the first privilege sound is output (see FIG. 5A), and when the second fixed time is set, the second privilege sound is output. (See FIG. 5 (b)). The length of the first privilege sound is the length of the first fixed time (10 seconds) or less, and the length of the second privilege sound is the length of the second fixed time (15 seconds) or less. It is preferable that "the length of the first fixed time = the length of the first privilege sound" and "the length of the second fixed time = the length of the second privilege sound". By doing so, regardless of whether the first privilege sound or the second privilege sound is output, the output of the privilege sound is completed at the time when the fixed time is up. The length of the second privilege sound may be more than the length of the first fixed time and less than or equal to the length of the second fixed time (more than 10 seconds and less than 15 seconds).

It may be suggested that an event advantageous to the player occurs depending on which of the plurality of types of privilege sounds is output. That is, it is assumed that the type of the privilege sound suggests the possibility that an event advantageous to the player will occur. For example, if the first privilege sound is output (the pattern of FIG. 5 (a)) as the basis (default), and the second privilege sound is output (the pattern of FIG. 5 (b)), the player is notified. It is set to determine that an advantageous event will occur (a setting in which it is not determined that an advantageous event will occur when the first privilege sound is output). As an event that is advantageous to the player, for example, a big hit is won after the big hit game is completed (so-called pending internal consecutive chan occurs), or a setting with the current setting in the case of a pachinko machine with a setting (described above). It is conceivable to set something such as confirming that the above is the case (for example, confirming that the setting is 4 or more).

3) Symbol effect The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment can execute the symbol effect. The symbol effect is an effect in which the display mode (variable mode) of the decorative symbol 80 (decorative symbol group 80 g) is different from the usual one (the normal variable mode is as shown in FIG. 2). Each of the decorative symbols 80g has a decorative symbol 80 including the numbers "1" to "7". It is assumed that the decorative symbol 80 containing the same number is the same type of decorative symbol 80 regardless of whether or not the symbols match exactly. That is, each of the decorative symbols 80g contains a plurality of types (seven types in this embodiment) of decorative symbols 80, and each contains the same type of decorative symbols 80. In the symbol production described in detail below, when each decorative symbol group 80 g is displayed in a variable manner, the types of decorative symbols 80 displayed in the first position and the second position described later in the order of the numbers are selected. It will change (assuming that the decorative symbol 80 of "7" is followed by the decorative symbol 80 of "1").

In the symbol production in the present embodiment, of the three decorative symbol groups 80 g, the left decorative symbol group 80 gL and the right decorative symbol group 80 gR are the first decorative symbol group, and the middle decorative symbol group 80 gC is the second decorative symbol group. It shall be classified. Further, the decorative symbol 80 included in the first decorative symbol group (left decorative symbol 80L, right decorative symbol 80R) is the first decorative symbol, and the decorative symbol 80 included in the second decorative symbol group (middle decorative symbol 80C) is the second. It shall be separated from the decorative design.

In the design production, in the left decorative symbol group 80 gL and the right decorative symbol group 80 gR (first decorative symbol group), the decorative symbol 80 (first decorative symbol) included in each decorative symbol group 80 g is along the plane direction of the display area 911. Fluctuate. In other words, it fluctuates in a two-dimensionally displayed state. In this embodiment, it fluctuates downward (vertically) (“vertically scrolls”) (see FIG. 6). It may fluctuate upward. The left decorative symbol group 80 gL is vertically scrolled on the left side of the display area 911, and the right decorative symbol group 80 gR is vertically scrolled on the right side of the display area 911. Assuming that the substantially central position in the vertical direction on the left and right sides of the display area 911 (where the scrolling left decorative symbol group 80 gL and right decorative symbol group 80 gR pass) is the first position, the left decorative symbol group 80 gL and the right decorative symbol group 80 gR are By changing, the type of the decorative symbol 80 displayed at the first position changes in order. In the following, the first position corresponding to the left decorative symbol group 80 gL (the position where the left decorative symbol 80L can be displayed) is the left first position, and the first position corresponding to the right decorative symbol group 80 gR (the right decorative symbol 80R is). The position that can be displayed) may be referred to as the right first position (the position where the left decorative symbol 80L is displayed in FIGS. 6 (b) and 6 (d) is the left first position, and the right decorative symbol 80R is displayed. The position is the first position on the right). Further, the decorative symbol 80 displayed at each first position is referred to as a first target symbol (the decorative symbol 80 displayed at the left first position is the left first target symbol and the decorative symbol displayed at the right first position). 80 is referred to as a right first target symbol. In FIG. 6 (b), the left first target symbol and the right first target symbol are the decorative symbol 80 of “3”, and in FIG. 6 (d), the left first target symbol and the left first target symbol. The first target symbol on the right may be the decorative symbol 80 of "4"). The left decorative symbol group 80 gL and the right decorative symbol group 80 gR are variablely displayed so that the type of the decorative symbol 80 displayed as the left first target symbol and the type of the decorative symbol 80 displayed as the right first target symbol match. .. That is, the variation mode of the left decorative symbol group 80 gL and the right decorative symbol group 80 gR is only different in the scrolling position (position in the left-right direction) (one decorative symbol group 80 g is left toward the other decorative symbol group 80 g). Or slide it to the right and they will overlap exactly).

In the design production, in the middle decorative symbol group 80 gC (second decorative symbol group), the middle decorative symbol 80C (second decorative symbol) included in the middle decorative symbol group 80 gC rotates about the rotation axis Z (see FIG. 6). The rotation axis Z is not actually displayed). The rotation axis Z is along the plane direction of the display area 911. The rotation axis Z in the present embodiment is an axis extending in the vertical direction, and is intermediate between the axis (axis extending in the vertical direction) along the scroll direction of the left decorative symbol group 80 gL and the right decorative symbol group 80 gR (first decorative symbol group). Located in. Further, the rotation axis Z is also an axis that divides each intermediate decorative symbol 80C into two in the left-right direction. The intermediate decorative symbol 80C rotates laterally about the rotation axis Z so that one side in the width direction faces the back and the other side faces the front. That is, the intermediate decorative symbol 80C fluctuates in a state of being displayed three-dimensionally (in the present embodiment, the intermediate decorative symbol 80C is drawn as if it is an object having a "thickness"). Then, when a certain decorative symbol 80 makes one rotation, the decorative symbols 80 in the following order appear. That is, each time the rotation axis Z rotates, the type of the intermediate decorative symbol 80C changes in order. The position where the rotating middle decorative symbol 80C is displayed is set to the second position (set between the left first position and the right first position), and the one middle decorative symbol 80C displayed at the second position is set. Sometimes referred to as a second target symbol (the position where the intermediate decorative symbol 80C in FIGS. 6 (b) and 6 (d) is displayed is the second position. In FIG. 6 (b), the second target symbol is ". 3 ”is the decorative symbol 80, and in FIG. 6 (d), the second target symbol is the decorative symbol 80 of“ 4 ”). While the intermediate decorative symbol group 80 gC is fluctuating, the type of the intermediate decorative symbol 80C displayed as the second target symbol at the second position changes with each rotation. The intermediate decorative symbol 80C may be vertically rotated. That is, the intermediate decorative symbol 80C is configured to rotate vertically around the rotation axis Z that divides the intermediate decorative symbol 80C into upper and lower halves.

In the symbol production, when each decorative symbol group 80g is variablely displayed, one left decorative symbol 80L (one of the first decorative symbols) is displayed at the left first position as the left first target symbol. , The timing when one right decorative symbol 80R (the other of the second decorative symbols) is displayed in the right first position as the right first target symbol, and one middle decorative symbol 80C (second decorative symbol) as the second target symbol. Is displayed in the second position at the same timing (if it seems to match the player, some deviation is allowed). That is, at a certain time point (hereinafter, also referred to as a specific time point), the left first target symbol, the second target symbol, and the right second target symbol are displayed in the display area 911 so as to be arranged in the horizontal direction in order from the left. Will be done. Then, the types of decorative symbols 80 displayed as the left first target symbol, the second target symbol, and the right second target symbol lined up at the specific time point (two types of the first decorative symbol and one type of the second decorative symbol). Match (hereinafter, the state in which the types of the decorative symbols 80 match may be referred to as a matching state). That is, the image displayed in the display area 911 at the specific time point is a set of three decorative symbols 80 of the same type. In the present embodiment, since each decorative symbol group 80g has seven kinds of decorative symbols 80 that match each other, all the decorative symbols 80 included in each decorative symbol group 80g are displayed at the first position or the second position. If so, the types of decorative symbols 80 displayed as each target symbol at at least seven specific time points match (a total of seven patterns can be matched). In this embodiment, the fluctuation speed (rotational speed) of each decorative symbol group 80 g decreases immediately before a specific time point. That is, there is a fanning (predictor) that leads to a state in which a set of three decorative symbols 80 of the same type is displayed (see FIGS. 6 (b) and 6 (d)).

The symbol effect in this embodiment is executed as a so-called full rotation effect. The full rotation effect is an effect in which it is confirmed that the winning / failing lottery result will be a big hit. As described above, in the symbol production, the matching state in which the three decorative symbols 80 (target symbols) match is constructed by displaying each decorative symbol group 80g in a variable manner, and the decorative symbols constructing the matching state in time. The 80 types change in numerical order. In other words, the "three sets of the same pattern" change in numerical order. This occurs as a so-called full rotation effect. After the three sets of various decorative symbols 80 are displayed (after a total of seven specific points in time), the fluctuation of all the decorative symbols 80g is finally stopped, and the same type of decorative symbols 80 is displayed. It will be displayed as a target symbol. That is, any one kind of "three sets of decorative symbols 80" is displayed, and it is notified that the winning / failing lottery result is a big hit.

It should be noted that the design effect may be executed as a so-called re-variation effect. The re-variation effect is an effect that may change to another jackpot combination (later jackpot combination) after a certain jackpot combination (previous jackpot combination) is displayed and notified that the jackpot is a jackpot. The change from the previous jackpot combination to the later jackpot combination is set as a favorable result for the player. As an example, there is a re-variation effect in which the combination that normally indicates the jackpot win can be changed to the combination that indicates the special jackpot (a jackpot that is more advantageous to the player).

The symbol effect described above is a first decorative symbol (first decorative symbol group) that changes two-dimensionally along the plane direction of the display area 911 and rotates toward the depth direction of the display area 911 (three-dimensional). It is a novel and interesting production in which the second decorative symbol (second decorative symbol group) displayed so as to be the same type of symbol at a predetermined timing is displayed.

Further, in the symbol effect in the present embodiment, the two first decorative symbols and the one second decorative symbol are displayed so as to be the same type of decorative symbol 80 at a predetermined timing, so that the so-called full rotation effect is achieved. Can be used as.

Further, in the symbol effect in the present embodiment, the second decorative symbol (second decorative symbol group) is variablely displayed at the position sandwiched between the two first decorative symbols (first decorative symbol group). , It becomes a beautiful variation mode with symmetry (left-right symmetry) as a whole.

It should be noted that the fluctuation speed may be changed in the design production. However, the scroll speeds of the left decorative symbol 80L (left decorative symbol group 80 gL) and the right decorative symbol 80R (right decorative symbol group 80 gR) are the same. Further, it is assumed that the rotation speed of the middle decorative symbol 80C increases or decreases according to the increase or decrease of the scroll speed of the left decorative symbol 80L (left decorative symbol group 80gL) and the right decorative symbol 80R (right decorative symbol group 80gR). That is, the fluctuation speed of each decorative symbol 80 (decorative symbol group 80 g) is changed so that the three target symbols displayed at the first position and the second position at a specific time point are the same type of decorative symbol 80. do it.

Hereinafter, specific examples in which the above-mentioned items related to the symbol production have been improved, modified, and embodied will be described. In addition, as long as possible, a configuration may be configured in which a plurality of items described using the following specific examples are applied.

〇 First specific example The fluctuation direction (scroll direction) of two first decorative symbols (first decorative symbol group) that fluctuate along the plane direction of the display area 911 (varies two-dimensionally) may be different. .. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the fluctuation direction of the left decorative symbol 80L (left decorative symbol group 80 gL) is set to be lower, and the fluctuation direction of the right decorative symbol 80R (right decorative symbol group 80 gR) is upward. Then, the left first target symbol displayed at the left first position at a specific time point and the right first target symbol displayed at the right first position may be the same type of decorative symbol 80. The second target symbol (middle decorative symbol 80C) is set to be the same type of decorative symbol 80 according to the left first target symbol and the right first target symbol displayed at a certain point in time.

〇 Second specific example The relationship between the first decorative design (first decorative design group) and the second decorative design (second decorative design group) may be reversed. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the left decorative symbol 80L (left decorative symbol group 80 gL) and the right decorative symbol 80R (right decorative symbol group 80 gR) rotate about the rotation axis Z along the plane direction of the display area 911. The intermediate decorative symbol 80C is assumed to fluctuate along the plane direction of the display area 911. Even in this way, a beautiful symmetric variation mode is obtained.

〇 Third specific example Although it has been explained that the symbol effect in the above embodiment is executed as a full rotation effect in which the jackpot is fixed, it may be set to be out of order. For example, when a set of three decorative symbols 80 of the same type is displayed at a specific time point (see FIG. 9 (b)), the fluctuation stops as it is and a combination showing a big hit is constructed (FIG. 9 (c). -1)) and only one decorative symbol group 80g fluctuates further (in the example shown in FIG. 9, the right decorative symbol group 80gR further fluctuates), and finally a combination showing a deviation (≠ the same). It is assumed that there may be a case (see FIG. 9 (c-2)) in which (not a set of three decorative symbols 80) is constructed. In other words, as the ending of the design production, either the pattern in which the jackpot combination is finally constructed (the ending that is advantageous to the player) or the pattern in which the out-of-order combination is constructed (the ending that is disadvantageous to the player) occurs. And. By doing so, it is possible to use the design effect as an effect indicating whether the result of the winning / failing lottery is a big hit or a miss.

〇 Fourth specific example In the above embodiment, the target symbols (left first target symbol, right first target symbol) displayed at the first position (left first position, right first position) and the second position at a specific time point. , The second target symbol) is the same type of decorative symbol 80, that is, it is a combination indicating a big hit, but the present invention is not limited to this. A combination including different types of decorative symbols 80 may be displayed at a specific time point.

For example, it is conceivable that each decorative symbol group 80 g is varied so that the combination of the target symbols displayed at the first position and the second position at a specific time point becomes the “chance eye” (FIG. 10 (a)). ) (B). There are various possible laws of chance. As an example, it is conceivable that the decorative symbols 80 are arranged in order from the left (combination of "1, 2, 3", "2, 3, 4", etc.) as an opportunity. At a specific time point, the variation mode of each decorative symbol group is 80 g so that such a chance eye is displayed.

In the case of the production as in this example, the ending in which the chance eye is finally constructed (the ending advantageous to the player) (see FIG. 10 (c-1)) and the ending in which the chance eye is not constructed (disadvantageous to the player). (See FIG. 10 (c-2)). For example, there is a case where the fluctuation of each decorative symbol group 80g is stopped as it is at a specific time point and a chance eye is constructed, and a case where only one decorative symbol group 80g is further changed after the specific time point (shown in FIG. 10). In the example, the right decorative symbol group 80 gR fluctuates further), or the case where the chance eye is not constructed is assumed to occur.

〇 Fifth Specific Example The symbol effect in the above embodiment is an effect using three decorative symbol groups 80 g (all decorative symbol groups 80 g), but may be an effect using some decorative symbol groups 80 g. For example, a symbol effect can be used as an effect indicating whether or not "reach" is established. The left decorative symbol 80L (first decorative symbol) selected and displayed from the left decorative symbol group 80 gL (first decorative symbol group) and the right decorative symbol selected from the right decorative symbol group 80 gR (second decorative symbol group). It is assumed that the "reach" is set so that the 80R (second decorative symbol) becomes the same type of decorative symbol 80.

In this case, one of the left decorative symbol group 80 gL and the right decorative symbol group 80 gR is assumed to be variablely displayed by vertical scrolling as described in the above embodiment, and the other is a rotation axis as described in the above embodiment. It is assumed that the display varies depending on the rotation around Z (see FIG. 11 (a)). For example, the position where the left decorative symbol 80L constituting the "reach" is displayed is the first position, the position where the right decorative symbol 80R is displayed is the second position, and the first decorative symbol group is on the left side of the display area 911. Is displayed in a variable manner by vertical scrolling, so that the type of the left decorative symbol 80L displayed at the first position as the first target symbol changes, and the second decorative symbol group is variablely displayed by rotation on the right side of the display area 911. By doing so, it is assumed that the type of the right decorative symbol 80R displayed at the second position as the second target symbol changes. At a specific time point, the types of the left decorative symbol 80L displayed as the first target symbol and the right decorative symbol 80R displayed as the second target symbol are the same (see FIG. 11 (b)). In other words, at a specific point in time, it is as if "reach" was established.

As the ending of the symbol production in this example, the fluctuation of both the left decorative symbol group 80gL and the right decorative symbol group 80gR is stopped at a specific time point, and the reach is established (there is a possibility of a big hit) (Fig.) 11 (c-1)), at a specific point in time, the fluctuation of one of the left decorative symbol group 80 gL and the right decorative symbol group 80 gR stops, but the fluctuation of the other does not stop and is displayed as the first target symbol. The left decorative symbol 80L and the right decorative symbol 80R displayed as the second target symbol do not match, and a failure result (fixed loss) leading to a state where the reach is not established is set (see FIG. 11 (c-2)). To. In addition, it may be set to reach the end where the reach is always established when the design effect occurs.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

Specific means (game machines) obtained from the above embodiments are listed below.

○ Means 1-1
When a gaming machine in which a normal gaming state and a special gaming state that is more advantageous than the normal gaming state are set as a gaming state for playing with the aim of winning the winning / failing lottery, and the winning / failing lottery result is won. In the hit game to be executed, if the game ball does not enter the privilege area, the game state after the end of the hit game is set as the normal game state, and if the game ball enters the privilege area, the hit A game state setting means that sets the game state after the game to the special game state, and a time when a predetermined fixed time has elapsed from the time when it is detected that the game ball has entered the privilege area in the hit game. A gaming machine characterized in that it is equipped with a production execution means for starting a prescribed production in.
In the above-mentioned gaming machine, after the gaming ball enters the privilege area, the specified effect is not started until a fixed time elapses, so that the player can concentrate on the specified effect.

○ Means 1-2
The gaming machine according to means 1-1, wherein the prescribed effect is a selection effect in which a player selects a favorite option from a plurality of types of options.
By doing so, the player can concentrate on the selection of options.

○ Means 1-3
The winning game includes a plurality of unit games in which a predetermined winning area is opened until a predetermined condition is satisfied, and a player's selection in the selection effect is such that a predetermined Nth unit game is started. The gaming machine according to Means 1-2, which is characterized in that it is reflected as an opportunity.
By doing so, regardless of the timing when the game ball enters the privilege area, the player's selection is reflected when the Nth unit game is started, so that the control to reflect the selection is controlled. It will be easier.

○ Means 1-4
The privilege sound is set to be output when it is detected that the game ball has entered the privilege area, and the length of the privilege sound is set to be equal to or less than the length of the fixed time. The gaming machine according to any one of the featured means 1-1 to means 1-3.
By doing so, the period in which the specified effect is executed and the period in which the privilege sound is output do not overlap. That is, by starting the specified effect while the privilege sound is being output, it is possible to prevent the effect of the privilege sound from being reduced.

○ Means 2-1
A display device having a display area, including a plurality of types of first decorative symbols, and any one of the plurality of types of first decorative symbols is displayed at the first position of the display area as the first target symbol. A second decorative symbol including a group of decorative symbols and a plurality of types of second decorative symbols, and any one of the plurality of types of second decorative symbols is displayed as a second target symbol at a second position in the display area. The first decorative symbol group comprises a symbol control means for controlling the group, and the first decorative symbol group is the first position as the first target symbol by the movement of the first decorative symbol along the plane direction of the display area. The type of the first decorative symbol displayed in the above changes, and the second decorative symbol group rotates about the rotation axis along the plane direction of the display area. In addition, a gaming machine characterized in that the type of the second decorative symbol displayed at the second position as the second target symbol changes.
The game machine realizes a new display mode of the decorative pattern, and can improve the taste of the game.

○ Means 2-2
The first decorative symbol group and the second decorative symbol group include a common type of decorative symbol, and at a certain point, the type of the first decorative symbol displayed at the first position as the first target symbol. The first decorative symbol group and the second decorative symbol group are arranged so that the type of the second decorative symbol displayed at the second position as the second target symbol at a certain point in time is the same. The gaming machine according to means 2-1 characterized in that it is possible to execute a controlled symbol effect.
According to the above-mentioned gaming machine, the display mode showing the possibility that the type of the first decorative symbol displayed as the first target symbol and the type of the second decorative symbol displayed as the second target symbol match is novel. It is possible to do.

○ Means 2-3
By displaying the winning combination composed of the same type of decorative symbols, it is notified that the winning / failing lottery result is a winning, and the type of the decorative symbol constituting the winning combination is performed through the symbol effect. 2-2. The gaming machine according to Means 2-2.
According to the above-mentioned gaming machine, it is possible to make the display mode of the decorative pattern novel at the time of hit notification.

○ Means 2-4
The hit combination is composed of three decorative symbols, one of the first position and the second position is set in one place in the display area, and the other of the first position and the second position. Is a gaming machine according to means 2-3, wherein two places are set so that a place set as one of the first position and the second position is located between them.
By doing so, a symmetrical and beautiful decorative pattern can be displayed.

○ Means 2-5
The symbol effect includes the type of the first decorative symbol displayed at the first position as the first target symbol and the type of the second decorative symbol displayed at the second position as the second target symbol. The feature is that the change of the decorative symbols displayed in the first position and the second position is stopped and the reach is established when the numbers are the same, which is set as a favorable ending for the player. The gaming machine according to the means 2-2.
As an effect indicating that the reach may be established, the display mode of the decorative pattern as described above can be adopted.

1 Pachinko machine 10 Bonus area 80 Decorative design (80L left decorative design 80R right decorative design 80C medium decorative design)
80g decorative design group (80gL left decorative design group 80gR right decorative design group 80gC medium decorative design group)
91 Display device 911 Display area

Claims (4)

A gaming machine in which a normal gaming state and a special gaming state that is more advantageous than the normal gaming state are set as a gaming state for playing with the aim of winning the winning / failing lottery.
In the winning game executed when the winning / failing lottery result is a hit, if the game ball does not enter the privilege area, the game state after the winning game is completed is set as the normal game state, and the privilege area is entered. When a game ball enters, a game state setting means that sets the game state after the end of the hit game to the special game state, and
An effect executing means for starting a predetermined effect when a predetermined fixed time has elapsed from the time when it is detected that the game ball has entered the privilege area in the hit game.
A gaming machine characterized by being equipped with. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the prescribed effect is a selection effect in which the player selects a favorite option from a plurality of types of options. The winning game includes a plurality of unit games in which a predetermined winning area is opened until a predetermined condition is satisfied.
The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the selection of the player in the selection effect is reflected when the predetermined Nth unit game is started. The privilege sound is set to be output when it is detected that the game ball has entered the privilege area, and the length of the privilege sound is set to be equal to or less than the length of the fixed time. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the gaming machine is characterized.

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